

Don't you quit on me!
You are a stud! (or studdette, or whatever other designation you prefer as an expression of your awesomeness). How do I know? Because...


THANK YOU WICHITA!
WOW! What an unbelievable year! Last year on Black Friday, Wichita Kansas overwhelmed Bliss Bouldering and Climbing Complex with over...


The few, the proud, the rock climbers. How climbing can make you a better person.
What if you could have a ton of fun, make new friends, live a life of passion and adventure, and all the while improve both your physical...


Climbing grades and Wiccan spells
Growing up, we had a witch that lived in our neighbor hood. Skinny, long dark hair, black cat and a Ouija board. The whole 9 yards. ...


Dancing in the vertical, three points of contact, and breaking 5.8.
Someone once called rock climbing ‘dancing in the vertical’. I like that. Successful climbing requires much the same as dancing. There...


Scared to death!
‘Don, I think you killed him!!’ I still remember the panicked sound of my mom’s voice. I was probably four or five years old and like...


Defying gravity, centering your universe, and maybe impressing Ima.
Gravity: it happens! And for some reason seems most accentuated at the most inopportune times (like that time in high school when I was...


Do this one thing and you WILL climb better.
‘If you can climb a ladder, you can climb a route at Bliss.’ We tell people this all the time, and it’s true. Many of our introductory...